COMPLETED READS 1. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (368 pages) (3 ⭐️) This adult mystery/thriller follows an apartment sitter at a swanky...

THE HATE U GIVE This novel follows Starr Carter who witnesses the death of her childhood best friend, Khalil, when he is wrongfully shot...

GENRE: YA fantasy LENGTH: 338 pages PLOT Cerys lives in the kingdom of Aloryia which is surrounded by a cursed wildwood. When the curse...

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I debated if I should do a related blog or not. I considered doing a tag or talking about my favorite...

COMPLETED READS 1. A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir (458 pages) (5 ⭐️) This YA fantasy is the 3rd book in the Ember in the Ashes...

Welcome, princesses, to my matchmaking services! You've already found your princes, but life is lonely without a gal pal to share it...

WHAT IS THE INHERITANCE GAMES (AND TRULY DEVIOUS)? The Inheritance Games is a YA mystery novel about an impoverished but kindhearted and...

GETTING INTO K-POP AND ABOUT THE BOOK This past fall I started casually listening to K-pop (Korean pop music). I know a lot of people who...

GENRE: YA Contemporary LENGTH: 404 pages PLOT Josie returns to her New England hometown of Beauty after having fled in the night with her...

NEW READS 1. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown (466 pages) (5 stars) A refugee (Malik) must slay a princess (Karina) to...

12. Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova (rated 4.25 ⭐️) Renata is a memory thief of the fallen kingdom of Memoria. She was kidnapped as a child...

24. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (rated 2 ⭐️) This novel is Twilight from Edward's perspective. Twilight is an insanely popular 2005...

On Wednesday December 2nd, 2020 I had what was supposed to be a routine surgery to have an ovarian cyst removed. During my surgery, a...

GENRE: YA Fantasy LENGTH: 466 pages PLOT Refugee Malik must kill Princess Karina in order to free his sister from an evil spirit who has...

I just recently started a new job and I hope to adopt a dog soon. These are great things, but they will inevitably mean less time to...

GENRE: YA Fantasy LENGTH: 343 pages PLOT Tarisai has grown up with a distant mother known only as The Lady and a revolving door of...

1. Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (343 pages) (5 ⭐️) This YA fantasy follows Tarisai who has been cursed by her mother to inflitrate the...

For the most part, I reserve this blog for YA content. However, this year I’ve been exploring the world of the adult romance genre. One...

If I could I would hoard your smiles like a dragon collecting treasure. If I could I would bottle up your laughter to listen to on...

WHAT ARE ENCHANTÉE AND SPLINTERS OF SCARLET? Enchnatée by Gita Trelease and Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy are two YA...